This explain nothing

Artists: Kuba Dąbrowski
Andrzej Kramarz
Weronika Łodzińska
Andrzej Georgiew
Piotr Lelek
Wojciech Nowicki
Monika Redzisz (Zorka Projekt)
Monika Bereżecka (Zorka Projekt)
Konrad Pustoła
Łukasz Trzciński
Szymon Rogiński
Krzysztof Miękus
Wojciech Prażmowski
Piotr Trybalski
Przemysław Krzakiewicz
Stefania Gurdowa
Soufiane Ababri
Melanie Bouteloup
Piotr Bujak
Yan Kurz
Andrzej Urbanowicz
Henryk Makarewicz
Wiktor Pental
Agata Cukierska
Jakub Gawkowski
Alicja Knast
Marta Kudelska
Katarzyna Maniak
Ewa Opałka
Tomasz Padło
Agata Tecl-Szubert
Paweł Wątroba
Ewa Wyskoczyl
Szymon Maliborski
Łukasz Surowiec
Roma Sendyka
Marta Romankiv
Joanna Figiel
Piotr Knaś
Łucja Piekarska-Duraj
Aneta Rostkowska
Agnieszka Piksa
Jaro Varga
(artyści z Galerii Potencja — kolektyw)
Mateusz Kula
Anna Batko
Freja Bäckman
Paweł Brożyński
Cristina David
Aldona Kopkiewicz
Dominik Kuryłek
Krzysztof Maniak
Marta Olesik
Rudolf Samohejl
Liliana Zeic
Vira Pakosh
Dorota Jędruch
Rafał Woś
Vladimir Palibrk
Aleka Polis (specjalny udział)

This Explains Nothing

Two decades ago, a group of people active in the field of humanist photography established the Imago Mundi Foundation (image of the world / the world in the image) with the aim of changing the world and deconstructing the mechanisms that govern it—through the image, and by shaping the image of the world itself.
The world has changed, languages have evolved, tools have transformed, yet the imperative remains the same: an unrelenting hunger for systemic change.

Twenty years later, we return to the Places and People with whom our paths have crossed. We meet again—both with artistic spaces and with the individuals and communities behind their programmatic activities.

This event inaugurates the dispersed exhibition “Collection of Ideas”, realized in locations that, in tangible ways, co-create and shape the art scene in Kraków.

Exhibition series: “Place in Space / Space of Place – between institutions and art communities”

“Place in Space / Space of Place” is a performative and exhibition-based program that—within the framework of art—evokes a 20-year perspective of creating a shared field, initiating and sustaining discourse through the engaged participation of diverse actors in the field of culture and art, while being directed toward future scenarios for its evolution.

Let’s meet at PIANA!
Take and share from this—all of you!

In this event, artworks take the form of publications created under the auspices of the Imago Mundi Foundation or in collaboration with us. Each title is treated as a distinct work of art—a separate adventure, challenge, and exhibition to be read.

Participants:

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  “This Explains Nothing” – collective work (Kuba Dąbrowski, Andrzej Kramarz, Weronika Łodzińska, Andrzej Georgiew, Piotr Lelek, Wojciech Nowicki, Zorka Project (Monika Redzisz, Monika Bereżecka), Konrad Pustoła, Łukasz Trzciński, Szymon Rogiński, Krzysztof Miękus, Wojciech Prażmowski, Piotr Trybalski, Przemysław Krzakiewicz), graphic design: Witold Siemaszkiewicz
  
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  “Negatives Are to Be Preserved” – Stefania Gurdowa / Andrzej Kramarz, graphic design: Janusz Górski
  
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  “On The Image” – collective work (Soufiane Ababri, Melanie Bouteloup, Wojciech Nowicki, Piotr Bujak, Yan Kurz), graphic design: Kaja Gliwa
  
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  “The Inexhaustible Holiness of Chaos” – Andrzej Urbanowicz (eds. Stanisław Ruksza, Łukasz Trzciński), graphic design: Marcin Wysocki
  
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  “802 Percent of the Norm” – Henryk Makarewicz & Wiktor Pental (eds. Katarzyna Mirczak, Ewelina Lasota, Andrzej Kramarz, Łukasz Trzciński), graphic design: Patrycja Orzechowska
  
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  “Project Metropolis” – collective work (eds. Stanisław Ruksza, Łukasz Trzciński), contributing authors: Agata Cukierska, Jakub Gawkowski, Alicja Knast, Marta Kudelska, Katarzyna Maniak, Krzysztof Miękus, Ewa Opałka, Tomasz Padło, Agata Tecl-Szubert, Paweł Wątroba, Ewa Wyskoczyl; graphic design: Kaja Gliwa
  
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  “Place Called Space” – collective work (ed. Łukasz Trzciński), graphic design: Kaja Gliwa
  
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  “New Europe” – Wojciech Nowicki & Łukasz Trzciński, graphic design: Tomasz Pilkiewicz
  
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  “Herbarium” – Szymon Maliborski, Łukasz Surowiec, Roma Sendyka
  
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  “A Place Where We Could Go” – collective work (ed. Stanisław Ruksza)
  
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  “Unrealized Histories of Art” – collective work (eds. Marta Romankiv, Łukasz Surowiec)
  
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  “Dictionary of Culture” – collective work (texts/essays by Joanna Figiel, Piotr Knaś, Łucja Piekarska-Duraj, Aneta Rostkowska, Agnieszka Piksa, Yan Kurz), ed. Kaśka Maniak, graphic design: Kaja Gliwa
  
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  “The Wall – Art Face to Face with Borders” – collective work, ed. Stanisław Ruksza, graphic design: Marcin Wysocki
  
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  “City Diary” – Jaro Varga
  
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  “Łałok No. 4” – collective work, ed. Galeria Potencja
  
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  “Repose” – collective work (ed. Agnieszka Kilian), Mateusz Kula, Anna Batko, Freja Bäckman, Paweł Brożyński, Cristina David, Aldona Kopkiewicz, Dominik Kuryłek, Krzysztof Maniak, Marta Olesik, Rudolf Samohejl, Jaro Varga, graphic design: Jakub de Barbaro
  
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  “Book of Sources” – Liliana Zeic
  
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  “The World Order” – Lotny Dom Wydawniczy (eds. Vira Pakosh & Łukasz Trzciński)
  
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  “Kombinat 2.0. Brave New Huta” – Dorota Jędruch & Rafał Woś, graphic design: Anna Ławrynowicz
  
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  “On the Origin of the Cities” – Aga Piksa & Vladimir Palibrk
  

Translations: Anda McBride, Tomasz Bieroń, Piotr Krasnowolski, Paweł Łopatka, Anda MacBride, Monika Ujma, Joanna Wadas
With special participation: Aleka Polis

Co-funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the Culture – Interventions program, 2025 edition.